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MEN." D MEETS
THINGS -AFP? [ HIO-HT
"Peoole come and people go, but nothing ever happens", was not the appli -
A vpry ontprtaining and interesting
■' B Ad at the bi-weekly regular
ing of the Men's Brotherhood last Marie slogan to the camp last Friday
-y night, January 10th, in the "night. All sorts of wild noises broke up
al room of the Post Chapel. :.:any men-; the peaceful slumbers of many of the I
of this company were present. .' Many tales are still told cf the
After the reading of tne minutes, the j strange things that happened. Netably
oany orchestra gave several numbers, • are' the incidents connected with the pur-
and a minature "Mae West" gave two song : lcining of the gong from our neighbors,
and dance numbers. After this Major Sid- ■ Company 2714 VCC , and the blowing of the
ney Erickson gave a very interesting talk • charge of quarters' whistle at 2 r'clrek
on the work rf the Civilian Conservation
An oppn- forum was held at the
close of the meeting with Major Erickson
entering into it, whole—heartedly in
aterest of the rrc.
Refreshments of ooffpp and ^ake (as
anly quarters Company can make) were
ved at the slose of the discussion-.
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'. in the morning.
It was strange not to hear the famil-
;iar Blow, solemn gong Saturday morning
•j at the Veteran's company. There are many
:stories around, but the missing bell is
;said to be somewhere in cur company, but
•then that may be just talk. However, rony
[of the lads had planned the idea, but it
:is doubtful that anyone in this company
~d will hold another -did the deed that night,
"he Pest Servi-° ^lub on Satur- • Also during the purloining of the bell
night, January 26th. Music will be jsomeone was walking about all the platoons:
: by the c "r orchestra and re- :blrwing a whistle and turning on the
jfreshments will be served during tne in -lights just like the person in charge
.on. A gocd time is premised, and -quarters does at 6*30 every morning.
;as Mr. Burns
;ayc
'All are wpl-^me
;*;f the boys got up and started to dr-
ll'or breakfast, noticpably "Meadows" Ek-
Mlund who rushed to get early chow and
;found that it was only 2 A.
\ In platoon * 6, many were awakened and
•Started to get up and asked Gilbert Ost-
'man the til • He replied, '" says
;only 2 o'clock, it must have stopped."
.: a long check to find cut just
aaect time really was and then
quite angry.
• In plateon # 4, a lot of the boys had
to "mow", "lights out" and such, but in gotten to bed about a half an hour earl-
new barracks, M-Il, the title "F^r- ;ier and they realized that, not being
{gotten Platoon" was dropoed. So did everyjfully asleep, it couldn't be time for
jone sleep Tuesday -until 7:15 and then ran fbreakf ast, so they ran about thinking
-over to 1 ess nail "en massp" and man- 'there was a fire somewhere in the -amp.
laged to dig up a belatPd breakfast. j So did things hP.ppen fast and furious
: The gentleman in charge of juarters, :that night , and the monotony of life was
lupon being-asiv-ed why he did not wake up 'broken up somewhat, although many lost a
s platoon, replied, "Plat" n # 7, :lot cf sleep.
-re is it?", • '•
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PLAT'""":: «• 7 agai: v -"-."tien
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; Shades of olden days in the barracks
"--22 were evident last Thursday morn-
;i.og when t arge cf quarters" did not
rgot ten plat-
loon, and ; atle for breakfast,
»t summer it was not uncc Per
s plat igncrpd when it a.
"rnow"